Imam arrested for beating children inside Hyderabad mosque

HYDERABAD — A prayer leader at Sarhandi Mosque in Sindh's second largest city has been arrested after a video of him beating students with pipe went viral Friday.

The Sindh Police on Friday announced Shabir Ahmed's arrest on Twitter.

Shabir Ahmed s/o Ghulam Hussain by caste Ansari r/o Sarfaraz colony. Ghulam Hussain is pesh Imam in Sarhandi masjid and Shabir is Hafiz e Quran and teaches Quran pak in Sarhandi Masjid Arrested by SHO Cantt. Hyderabad.
.#sindhpolicedmc #IGSindhnotice #Hydrabad #NewsAlert pic.twitter.com/UIWJuJAvXz

— Sindh Police (@sindhpolicedmc8) December 14, 2018

The man is a resident of Hyderabad's Sarfraz Colony.

In the 90-second clip, Shabir can be seen hitting a child with a pipe. When the person filming the brutality reprimanded him, the man said he can "even kill the children and no one can ask him about his actions".

https://www.facebook.com/dailypakistan.en/videos/2092337227489124/

Soon as the video started making rounds on the internet, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah took notice of the incident and sought a report from the Hyderabad commissioner.

"Violence against children will not be accepted under any condition," CM Shah was quoted as saying in a statement issued by his spokesperson.

A counselling programme should be formed in consultation with the education and religious affairs departments, the chief minister directed.

"Children are innocent, their education and training should be done with compassion," he added.

Mosque imam arrested for allegedly raping, killing student in Thal